EP0800232A3 - Audio/power jack for PCMCIA card - Google Patents

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EP0800232A3
EP0800232A3 EP97105019A EP97105019A EP0800232A3 EP 0800232 A3 EP0800232 A3 EP 0800232A3 EP 97105019 A EP97105019 A EP 97105019A EP 97105019 A EP97105019 A EP 97105019A EP 0800232 A3 EP0800232 A3 EP 0800232A3
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circuit board
pcmcia card
slot
audio
block
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Gary Cain Bethurum
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ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/58—Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2107/00—Four or more poles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/06—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for computer periphery
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S439/00—Electrical connectors
    • Y10S439/946—Memory card cartridge

Abstract

The rear of a PCMCIA card (12) is provided with a circuit board having a jack (42A,42B, Fig. 4) that can receive a multi-contact audio type plug (40) having a diameter that is more than half the thickness of the PCMCIA card. The circuit board has a slot (60) that opens into the rear of the PCMCIA card. The jack comprises a U-shaped insulative block (80) which is mounted on the circuit board, with the opposite arms of the block lying at opposite sides of the slot (60). Sheet metal contacts are mounted on the block and project into the slot in the circuit board, with each contact having a vertically-extending plug-engaging part (120) lying in the circuit board slot. The PCMCIA card includes a housing with a rear end cap (140) having a largely cylindrical passage (142A,142B) that guides an audio-type plug into the slot (60) in the circuit board to engage the contacts (120).
EP97105019A 1996-04-02 1997-03-25 Audio/power jack for PCMCIA card Expired - Lifetime EP0800232B1 (en)

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US1450496P 1996-04-02 1996-04-02
US14504P 1996-04-02
US08/693,821 US5823796A (en) 1996-04-02 1996-07-26 Audio/power jack for IC card
US693821 1996-07-26

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EP0800232A2 EP0800232A2 (en) 1997-10-08
EP0800232A3 true EP0800232A3 (en) 1999-05-12
EP0800232B1 EP0800232B1 (en) 2001-11-21

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EP97105019A Expired - Lifetime EP0800232B1 (en) 1996-04-02 1997-03-25 Audio/power jack for PCMCIA card

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EP (1) EP0800232B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3046557B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1084515C (en)
CA (1) CA2197519C (en)
DE (1) DE69708367T2 (en)

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JPH1083870A (en) 1998-03-31
US5947771A (en) 1999-09-07
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